Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
AlqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
What is the striking (Hour)?
Ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
He will live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Faommuhu hawiyatun
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Raging Fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Narun hamiyatun